Arjunayanas

Arjunayana (or Arjunavana, Arjunavayana or Arjunayanaka) were a people of ancient northern India during the Shunga period ().

In the Allahabad Pillar inscription of Samudragupta (), the Arjunayanas figure among the autonomous political communities bordering on the Gupta Empire who accepted the overlordship of Samudragupta. They are also mentioned in Bṛhat Saṃhitā of Varahamihira (6th century CE). According to Buddha Prakash, the Arjunayanas are mentioned as Prajjunakas in Kautiliya's text Arthashastra which also places them in the northern division of India.